Corporate Relations

We are the industry entry-point to the University. We serve to connect industry across Oakland University and all its schools, colleges, programs, etc., based on interest and opportunity for a mutually beneficial partnership. Learn more about Oakland University!

Sponsorship Opportunities

Oakland University Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
October 13 to 15, 2022

Homecoming and Reunion Weekend is Oakland University’s largest gathering honoring alumni, students, faculty and staff. The entire OU community will be involved in this signature annual event, and we anticipate an attendance of more than 300 attendees from our local and regional communities.

The weekend will kick off on October 13 at Meadow Brook Hall with an evening celebration of the Oakland University Alumni Association’s 50th Anniversary. On October 15, all alumni are invited back to campus for a daytime event featuring musical performances, food trucks, and family activities that will delight all ages.

Sponsorship packages are detailed below. Contact Tanya Griffith at tgriffith@oakland.edu or (248) 370-6120 to learn more. Sponsorship deadline is June 15.

Presenting Sponsor
$30,000 (FMV $0)

• Presenting sponsor of the weekend
• Recognition in Alumni e-vite (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition from stage of festival event
• Recognition on OUAA social media channels
• Recognition and logo ‘day of’ on campus signage
• Recognition in Alumni Magazine (111,000 distribution)
• Recognition in Alumni e-newsletter (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition on Alumni postcard (15,000-20,000 distribution)
• Recognition and logo ‘day of’ on banner at festival event stage
• Recognition on marquee at corner of Adams and Walton (no logo)
• Recognition on homecoming website
• Recognition in campus newspaper
• Recognition in press release
• Opportunity to introduce entertainment on festival event stage
• Branded giveaway during festival event (1,000 items)
• Branded t-shirt giveaway during student Welcome Week in September (1,000 items)
• Display table at festival event

Oakland University Homecoming OUAA 50th Anniversary Celebration Sponsor
$5,000 (FMV $0)

• Recognition on homecoming website
• Recognition on campus signage
• Recognition in campus newspaper
• Recognition from stage at event
• Recognition on OUAA social media channels
• Recognition in press release
• Recognition in alumni e-vite (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition in Alumni Magazine (110,000 distribution)
• Recognition in alumni e-newsletter (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition on alumni postcard (15,000-20,000 distribution)
• Recognition and logo on “day of” signage at event
• Display table at event

Festival Stage Sponsor
$15,000 (FMV $0)

• Recognition on homecoming website
• Recognition ‘day of’ on campus signage
• Recognition in campus newspaper
• Recognition from stage at festival event
• Recognition on OUAA social media channels
• Recognition in Alumni e-vite (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition in Alumni Magazine (110,000 distribution)
• Recognition in Alumni e-newsletter (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition and logo ‘day of’ on banner at festival event stage
• Recognition on Alumni postcard (15,000-20,000 distribution)
• Recognition in press release
• Display table at festival event
• Named tent near stage (tent provided by sponsor)

Festival Food Truck Sponsor
$5,000 (FMV $0)

• Recognition on homecoming website
• Recognition on campus signage
• Recognition in campus newspaper
• Recognition from stage at festival event
• Recognition on OUAA social media channels
• Recognition in press release
• Recognition and logo on banner at food truck area
• Recognition in Alumni Magazine (110,000 distribution)
• Recognition in Alumni e-newsletter (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition in Alumni e-vite (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition on Alumni postcard (15,000-20,000 distribution)
• Display table at festival event

Festival Games Sponsor
$5,000 (FMV $0)

• Recognition on homecoming website
• Recognition on campus signage 
• Recognition in campus newspaper
• Recognition from stage at festival event
• Recognition on OUAA social media channels
• Recognition in press release
• Recognition in Alumni e-vite (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition in Alumni Magazine (110,000 distribution)
  
• Recognition in Alumni e-newsletter (65,000 distribution)
• Recognition and logo on banner at festival games area
• Recognition on Alumni postcard (15,000-20,000 distribution)
• Display table at festival event
• Display table near games

Thank you to the following generous corporate partners of Oakland University. Together they have funded almost $12 million for various programs, laboratories, and university initiatives in the last two years.

Their generous gifts continue to help fund new and improved learning spaces, interactive laboratories, scholarships, research, precollege programs, STEM programs for k-12, student competitions, community engagement, and much more.

In return, these corporate partners have leveraged the university for talent acquisition, new product development & Research, continual education and training for their staff, marketing of their company’s brand and so much more.

We could not achieve all the great things we have achieved thus far without these great corporate partners.

Our students know them, our faculty know them and our communities know them because they continue to be engaged with Oakland University.

Contact us today to join this impressive list of partners:

Ascension Health
AT&T
Autoliv Americas
Barton Malow
BBN Technologies (Raytheon)
BETA CAE Systems USA, Inc.
BorgWarner
CareTech Solutions
Civitas Learning
Comcast Innovation Fund
Comprehensive Early Autism Services
Consumers Energy
Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
Crestmark Bank
Deloitte
Delphi
Detroit Medical Center
DTE Energy
DXV Investments LLC
Eaton Corporation
ESG Automotive Inc
Faurecia
FCA US LLC
Flagstar Bank
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
GKN Group
Grant Thorton
Henry Ford Health System
Hitachi America, Ltd.
Huntington Ford Inc.
Hyundai
Infogation Corporation
IPC Services Inc
Ironic Chemicals
J & H Transporation Inc
Key Safety Systems
Kuka Robotics Corporation
Lakeshore Striders Inc.
LG
Mack L Carpenter PC
Maclean-Fogg Component Solutions
Magna International, Inc.
Mahindra North America
Mayo Clinic
McLaren Health Care
Meemic Insurance Company
Meijer Pharmacy
Merrill Lynch
Michigan Head & Spine Institute, PC
Michigan State University Federal Credit Union
Mobis North America
Nabtesco Motion Control, Inc
Northern Trust Bank
Peaker Services Inc
Plante & Moran, PLLC
Plastic Engineering and Technology Services Inc
PPG Industries, Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PWC
Quicken Loans
RHK Technology, Inc.
Roncelli
Safety Engineering Laboratories
Shannon Precision Fastener
St. Joseph Mercy Health System
TF Healy LLC
The Pino Insurance Company
Trinity Health
United Shore
Valeo
Wiegand's
William Beaumont Hospital
X-wave Innovation, INC
YourCause LLC

This list is comprised of companies that have hired the most number of students and/or have sponsored/donated more than $10,000 in the last two years.

Our team continues to look for ways for faculty and students to partner with foundations and community organizations to help address needs in our surrounding communities. Foundations have funded research, academic programs, cultural initiatives, community outreach and other initiatives that make Oakland University a vital community resource in the Metro Detroit region.

In the last two years, foundations have granted more than $20 million to Oakland University on various programs that serve our region.

From STEM Camps, to entrepreneurial and economic development initiatives in underserved communities, to the Pontiac Initiative, to diversity and inclusion programs throughout the region, our team works to ensure your foundation’s mission is met at the while also serving our community needs.

Contact us today so we can help you find programs and initiatives here at Oakland University that meet your foundation’s goals and mission. Collaborate with us. It’s truly our pleasure to partner with you!

Join these dynamic foundations that have collaborated with Oakland University in the last two years:

Alpha Foundation
Association For Unmanned Vehicle Foundation
Bank of America Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Carl and Irene Morath Foundation Inc
Catholic Foundation of Michigan
Charles Koch Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Cooper Standard Foundation Inc
DENSO North America Foundation
Doris J & Donald L Duchene Sr. Foundation
Douglas & Angela Braly Family Foundation
Drusilla Farwell Foundation
Filmer Memorial Charitable Trust
Frank and Ethel Bresto Family Foundation
Gene Haas Foundation
HighScope Educational Research Foundation
Keybank Foundation
Kresge Foundation
Marshall Family Scholar Foundation
Matilda R. Wilson Fund
Moscone Family Foundation
Newman Family Foundation
PNC Foundation
R Hugh and Nancy Elliott Foundation
Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation
Serra Family Foundation
Smiles for Children
Ted Lindsay Foundation
The Ayco Charitable Foundation
The Baskin Foundation
The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation
The Pearson Family Foundation
The Ravitz Foundation
The Skillman Foundation
United Jewish Foundation
Vision Research ROPARD Foundation
W.J. and Lillian Kemler Foundation

These foundations have granted at least $5,000 to Oakland University in the last two years.